Ovi Store goes live — GLOBAL - Today is one of those monolithic milestones for Nokia and the advancement of mobiles, as Ovi Store has officially gone live. It's a moment that many believe (including all of us here on Conversations) is set to spark a rapid evolution in the way we all use …

Nokia Ovi Store Launch Is A Complete Disaster — This was supposed to be a glorious day for mobile phone giant Nokia. The Finnish company got out-innovated by Apple a couple of years ago with the introduction and subsequent success of the iPhone and the iTunes App Store …

Twitter Goes Hollywood? — The web is abuzz today with talk of a “Twitter TV show.” I'm even getting folks asking me if they can audition. Indeed, there are a lot of interesting developments happening in the television space—MTV, G4, CNN, E! and various independent production companies …

EU pushes music industry to open up online rights — BRUSSELS - — EU antitrust regulators told the music industry Tuesday to move quickly and change licenses that currently restrict online music stores such as iTunes from offering the same songs for sale across Europe.

Apple May Start Selling Music Across EU on iTunes — Apple Inc. said it may start selling digital music via its iTunes music store throughout the 27- nation European Union as long as the company can obtain licensing rights from publishers and music royalty collecting societies.

iPod nano 5G, Next-Gen iPhone Design Changes Revealed? — You know that we don't run future iPod stories without having a lot of faith in the information. Thus far, our source has a perfect track record for accuracy. Based on the information we've received, this is what the fifth-generation iPod nano …

OpenX Keeps On Growing, Raises $10 Million More — We've talked about online ad server OpenX quite a bit in the past, and for good reason. The company, formerly known as Openads, is led by former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller (Chairman) and ex-Yahoo exec Tim Cadogan (CEO) and has in the past shown it's serious …

iPhone 3.0 betaphiles upset the Apple cart — Tom Yager asseses version 3.0 of the iPhone OS — At least I have an excuse. Running pre-release operating systems and firmware in production settings is part of my job description. I accept that “beta” items are exempt from expectations …

Palm fights back (against Apple) — The beleaguered handset maker says its new smartphone, the Pre, is an iPhone killer. Apple isn't laughing. — (Fortune Magazine) — Not much rattles Apple. Disciplined and focused, the company lavishes attention on its own elegant products and rarely deigns to discuss rivals.

Texting May Be Taking a Toll — They do it late at night when their parents are asleep. They do it in restaurants and while crossing busy streets. They do it in the classroom with their hands behind their back. They do it so much their thumbs hurt. — Spurred by the unlimited texting …

Amazon's next revolution — CEO Jeff Bezos used the web to shake up book retailing. Now he's using the Internet to sell electronic books on his Kindle e-reader. A look at Amazon's latest effort to transform the book business, writ digital. — (Fortune Magazine) …

Beware Social Media Marketing Myths — MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook are all the rage, but for most business owners there are better ways to stay close to customers — Comedian Jim Gaffigan has a suggestion for preparing a Hot Pockets frozen entrée: “Take out of package. Place directly in toilet.”

Why I Won't Be Syncing Facebook with My Palm Pre — I'm looking forward to finally get my hands on the Palm Pre. But according to the PreCentral forums, the way it handles contacts may make the platform unusable. — Just like on the Android-wielding G1, if you sync your Pre to your Gmail account …

Intel delays debut of Core i5 platform until early September — Intel has decided to postpone the debut of its new mainstream desktop PC platform, Lynnfield processors (tentatively Core i5) and 5-series chipsets, from July as originally scheduled, to early September 2009, according to sources at motherboard makers.

When 1.3 Billion People Are Too Many — There's one big Web 2.0 question we'll never know the answer to: Could YouTube have survived on its own? — There are a handful of industry-changing Web 2.0 names including MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Newspapers' future — With each month, newspapers look less like a business and more like a lost cause. The crisis is acute in the US, where some newspaper groups are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and there are questions over the long-term future even of venerable titles such as The New York Times and The Washington Post.